Appeal No. 1999-2252
Application 08/780,790
The Examiner asserts that "[i]t is well known that27
computer systems, such as UNIX, have application and operating
system instructions stored in main memory . . . ." In
addition the Examiner relies upon the arguments presented by
the Examiner in regard to claim 1.
As we have determined above that the "admitted prior28
art" does not disclose a data transfer from a source device to
a sink device without copying data to a main memory, finding
that both Druschel and Krieger both require copying to buffer,
we find that the admitted prior art fails to teach or suggest
the limitations recited by the last paragraph of claims 21 and
22.
Furthermore, although Appellants have not traversed the
Examiner's statement that it is well known that computer29
systems, such as UNIX, have application and operating system
instructions stored in main memory, Appellants have argued
that the prior art does not suggest or render obvious a data
27Answer, page 5.
28Pages 8 and 9.
29Answer, page 5.
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